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March 18, 2019      5:14 PM

House moves budget, substitutes supplemental budget, with a heavy reliance on the Rainy Day Fund

Chair Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, guided House Appropriations to approval of substitutes of a House budget bill and the Senate supplemental budget bill this morning.  

The approval process was fairly smooth, although multiple members of the Texas State Employees Union reminded the panel about low pay and insufficient pensions for state employees, pensions even smaller than those currently offered to retired teachers.

By Kimberly Reeves

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